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L. W. TIFFANY.

TIME REGISTER.

No. 425,193. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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TIME REGISTER.

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LEVERETT lV. TIFFANY, OF IVINSTED, CONNECTICUT.

TIME-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,193, dated April 8,1890.

Application filed September 18, 1889. Serial No` 324,306. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be itknown that l, LEVEEETT W. TIFEAN Y, of lVinsted, in the county ofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedTime-Register, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a register designed for use in factories, mills,tbc., or in any situation where employes are paid by the hour, tofacilitate the keeping of correct daily account of each persons time ofwork; and the invent-ion consists, principally, of a registerconstructed to inclose a time-sheet and to expose a portion thereofthrough an opening or slot through which each employ may niark his orher time.` The time-sheet is by preference ruled for each day in theweek and adapted to be shifted to bring the columns in line with theopening or slot.

The invention also consists` in combining with the register at one sideof the slot or opening a narrow slate on which the names of theoperatives or employes may be written in a column parallel with the slotor opening through which the records are marked on the time-sheet.

The invention also consists of the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure] is a front elevation of 1n new timen :D n u a D o register.F1g.2 1s a sectional plan view of the time-sheet is drawn, and whichforms a support for the sheet, so that it may be readily marked uponwith a pencil orpen through the opening. or slot E in the cover A. Thesaid slot E is formed by the spaced plates F F, preferably of glass,fitted in the cover A', as shown clearly in Fig. 2. Beneath the plate Fis held a narrow slate G, on which the naines of the employes arewritten, as indicated in Fig. l. The said slate is by preference securedto a strip H by hinge h, so that it maybe turned outward, as shown inFig. 3, to expose the roll C for attaching the timesheet thereto. XVhenthe slate'G is placed beneath the plate F, as in this instance, the saidplate must be of glass; but in some cases the slate might take the placeof the said plate, but in this event there would be no protection forthe names written on the slate, as in the 'construction here shown.

The rollers C C are adapted to be turned for shifting the time-sheet bya key inserted at holes a a and applied to the arbors b b', and toprevent the rollers from turning back of their own accord I journal themin the spring-plate J, which lifts the rollers against the top of themain frame and acts as a brake.

To prevent the ti ine-sheet from being turned back except by the personhaving a key to the cover A", I attach to the cover a plate e, adaptedto enter a slot c in the main frame when the cover is closed, so as to-cover the arbor b and wholly prevent a key from being applied thereto.

The use of the register is obvious. The name of each employe is writtenon the slate, and each day opposite his naine will be marked the numberof hours employed. The .timesheet will be shifted for each day.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A register constructed to inclose a timesheetand formed with an elevated support for the sheet and provided with atablet for the list of names, 'combined with a slotted cover,substantially as described.

2. A register constructed to inclose a timesheet and a tablet for thelist of naines, combined with a transparent cover formed with a narrowslot, substantially as described.

3. The rollers journaled in the frame and a time-sheet placed on saidrollers, and an elevated support between the said rollers, incombination with a hinged tablet and a cover provided with spacedtransparent plates forming a slot, substantially as described.

IAEVERETT lV. TIFFANY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES WELDoN, SAMUEL A. HERMAN.

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